hah
/hɑː/
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Singapore/hɑː˨/
hah is the alternative form of ha.
hah is the alternative form of huh.
hah is the alternative form of heh.
Particle
hah
- Synonym of ah (sense 1); used to form tag questions prompting the listener to confirm something.
- Mother: Just wait awhile, Susan. Jack said he’d be a little late. […] What would you like to drink, some Coca Cola?
Susan: That’s alright Aunty. We’re going out to dinner.
Mother: Or you prefer Pepsi, hah? We don’t drink Pepsi ourself, I always keep a few bottles just in case. Some people are so...1989, Eleanor Wong, Jackson on a Jaunt, or, Mistaken Identities, page 5, lines 23–31
- Synonyms:
- ah
- Mother: Just wait awhile, Susan. Jack said he’d be a little late. […] What would you like to drink, some Coca Cola?
- Used to form a tag question, either to invite acknowledgment, or to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
- So, just make sure you don’t accidentally mix the two together lah, hah?
- Synonyms:
- hor
- Tagged at the end of a confirmation-seeking sentence to express subtle surprise or realisation.
Interjection
(Manglish, Singlish)
- Huh!; used to express subtle surprise or amusement in a conversation.
- Expression of discontent when one is faced with a rude awakening.
Meaning of ha
Interjection (1)
Interjection (2)
- Said when making a vigorous attack.
- "That's well. Well," cried he, now for my turn. Ha! a hit! a hit!"1844 September, E.M. Walley, “Eighteen Months in Russia”, in The Covenant: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Cause of Odd-fellowship, volume 3, number 9, page 395
Meaning of huh
Interjection
- Used to express doubt or confusion.
- Huh? Where did they go?
- Used to express amusement or subtle surprise.
- Huh! I'm sure I locked it when I left.
- Used to reinforce a question.
- Where were you last night? Huh?
- Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.
- (belittlement) A: "We should go to an amusement park; it would be fun." B: "Huh."
- Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.
- Huh? Could you speak up?
- Synonyms:
- come again, pardon, what
- Used to create a tag question.
- It's getting kind of late, huh?
Synonyms of hah
Forms of hah
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hahs |
| Particle | |
| alternative form | har |
Origin of hah
Borrowed from Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ).
Words that rhyme with hah
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- Nansha
- rah
- shikar
- ah
- aha
- alhamdulillah
- Amapá
- Benoit
- Bogotá
- fa
- galah
- goombah
- huzzah
- inshallah
- Jah
- la
- lah-di-dah
- ma
- moire
- mudra
- ménage à trois
- na
- omertà
- ooh la la
- pa
- schwa
- shah
- Shangri-La
- sis boom bah
- ta
- wah
- Xisha
- 'za
- allah
- ar
- arthra
- Aymara
- baa
- bah
- Bogota
- boyar
- bra
- cha
- cha cha cha
- chamar
- che sara sara
- chicken paw
- da
Questions about hah
- What does hah mean?
- Hah means synonym of ah (sense 1); used to form tag questions prompting the listener to confirm something.
- What is hah the alternative form of?
- Hah is the alternative form of ha.
- What part of speech is hah?
- Hah can be a particle or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce hah?
- Hah is pronounced /hɑː/.
Words near hah in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hah (page history and authors); ha (page history and authors); huh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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